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Does this sound lame to you guys? I live in a small rural town with no phone lines, and the only internet you can get is wireless. The best internet you can get here is this.

Mobile broadband that has an average download speed of just 65kbps (but sometimes less than 5kbps). Maximum bandwidth is 8GB. But just say I download something that is 200mb, it'll get counted as 350mb or more. And all this for $60AUD ($53USD)

Worst is with telstra. A neighbour has it. It costs $300 for the wireless modem ($266USD) maximum bandwidth is 10GB and it costs $120 ($106USD). Download speeds are usually about 35kbps.

Would any of you americans or europeans pay for something like this??

oh and also, what are you paying, how fast is YOUR internet and how much bandwidth do you get? I'm just wondering how bad it is here compared to the rest of the world.

You should write a letter to K-RUDD... He might say 'sorry' but do nothing..

isn't gsm for mobile phones? i'm talking about wireless broadband that you plug into a computer :P

and i'm on dodo wireless, which uses the optus 3G network. And I have never heard of 4G till now.

meh i pay like 10bucks per month. unlimited, bought a router and share ze net. mm according to speedtest my download is 30mb/s upload is like 75mb/s . well i believe i still overpay...

24mbit/s down and 1mbit/s up
pay 53aud or 47usd or 34euro a month =)
unlimited traffic.

and penguin, you always overpay!

I would trade what you get anyday penguin